Danielle Levine attends a school for students with learning disabilities, fitting since she has OCD. Even though all of the students have their issues, there is still the typical high school hierarchy, and since Danielle has curly red hair and is a size 12 instead of an eight or smaller, she is not one of the cool kids. Through the essays she writes for English, the emails to her aunt Joyce, and the collections of hats, sneakers and snow globes over which she obsesses, we  gradually learn about Danielle and what caused her to leave her last school. In the end, she learns to “abide” as the Dude would say and live with the life she has. There is a lot of humor in this book; Danielle’s observations about her peers are spot on and wicked. In fact, her snarky writing prompts her English teacher to contact home and she is forced to meet with the school psychologist and attend a social skills class. Danielle finally takes off the rose colored glasses through which she viewed the unattainable jock Jacob and makes friends with a few people who give her the support she needs. The relationships Danielle develops are heart-warming. Most teens will be able to relate to Danielle’s efforts to navigate through the trials of high school of someone who is not popular and who has experienced an actual trauma.